Cursor vs Windsurf (now Devin Desktop)

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	Cursor AI-native code editor (VS Code fork) with agent mode, codebase indexing.	Windsurf (now Devin Desktop) Agentic AI IDE acquired by Cognition in 2025 and rebranded Devin Desktop in June 2026.
Category	harness	harness
Vendor type	commercial	commercial
Pricing	subscription	freemium
Strengths	+ Polished IDE UX + Strong codebase indexing + Multi-model support	+ Full IDE experience with agent, tab completion, and multi-file edits integrated + Backed by Cognition's proprietary SWE coding models plus frontier model access + Free tier available; settings and extensions carried over from Windsurf
Tradeoffs	− Closed product surface; less programmable than CLI harnesses	− Closed source and tied to Cognition's platform and credit quotas − 2025-2026 ownership changes and the Devin rebrand forced workflow migrations (e.g. Cascade deprecation)
Used in stacks	0	0